Non-Combatants
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: July 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780316729574
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction
Description: In the summer of 1940, Andy Holt is aboard the SS Barranquilla as second mate. They will be routed up the US seaboard to Halifax, Nova Scotia which is the assembly-point for home-bound convoys. The danger of U-boats is very high as they prefer their prey to be fully laden. ... Odds against Andy and his ship getting home are not good.